Chapter Sixty-Five: Manipulated in the Palm of One’s Hand
In order to avoid facing social death.
Sakura made an excuse of feeling unwell and skipped the warm-up exercises.
As a consequence.
He could only rest under the beach umbrella on the sand, unable to go swimming in the sea.
Under the beach umbrella, there was a mat that resembled a picnic blanket.
Sakura was sitting on it in a slightly awkward position.
Having narrowly escaped a crisis, Sakura was trying hard to divert his attention from the energetic Nagi, who was warming up right in front of him, to calm his restless heart.
But it didn’t go as planned.
In the sunlight, Nagi was simply stretching her limbs in a very ordinary way, yet Sakura felt an inexplicable allure.
Her body, more mature compared to her peers, was wrapped in a light blue jacket that outlined her full, curvaceous figure.
The skin of her lower body and her legs exposed a feeling of sinful allure, as if she wore nothing at all.
Yet she showed no awareness of it.
Sakura couldn’t help but grow increasingly worried.
The good news was that this beach had been reserved by Seishadow High School.
There wouldn’t be any unexpectedly strange, blonde-haired or dark-skinned flirtatious guys showing up.
Otherwise, a pure and natural beauty like Nagi would surely become their prime target.
“No, I promised Nagi that we would create beautiful memories by the sea.”
Sakura shook his head, trying to motivate himself.
At this moment, Sakura held a naive thought.
Thinking that if he could just calm down a little, he could excuse himself to go to the restroom…
But he never considered that.
Today, Nagi would not let him escape.
…..
After completing her warm-up exercises.
Nagi, along with Mana and Rin, walked over while pretending to be concerned for Sakura.
However, the latter two were already aware of what was happening.
So they exchanged a few casual greetings and then left.
They originally intended to pull Nagi away from Sakura, but surprisingly, Nagi asserted herself and sat down directly next to him.
This caused Sakura, who had just managed to calm himself slightly, to become alert again.
Nagi looked at Sakura, who was sitting in a strange position with his hands clamped between his legs.
Unexpectedly, she felt no discomfort at all.
In fact, being looked at by other boys with those kinds of eyes made her feel repulsed.
But seeing Sakura perk up because of her made her feel curious, even a bit satisfied?
Thus, Nagi decided to press the advantage—
“Sakura-kun, are you really okay?” Nagi feigned a worried expression, then moved closer from the side to press her body against him, pretending to reach between his legs:
“Is it hurting here? Let me take a look…”
“Ah no!? I’m fine—b-but! I actually just wanted to find an excuse to get out of the sun…” Sakura stammered, flustered as he felt the softness pressing against him.
“Eh~ Sakura-kun, you’ve become a bad boy who lies…”
“…I’m sorry.” Sakura could only apologize in that scenario.
Being regarded as a liar, or even a pervert for feeling something from a scene where his childhood friend wasn’t even in a swimsuit… no, it wasn’t even a swimsuit.
The former seemed like it would have a better reputation.
“I really can’t help you, Sakura-kun~ Let me help you here.”
“H-help me?” Sakura sensed trouble upon hearing this.
“Yeah, thankfully I had some sunscreen prepared.”
While saying this, Nagi took out the sunscreen she had prepared from her jacket pocket.
Indeed.
When it comes to the benefits of swimsuits at the beach.
The delightful situation is naturally—
“Sakura-kun, turn around so I can help you apply sunscreen~”
“Ah no, I can do this myself—”
“No need to be polite~ You’ll help me put it on afterward too~”
To make it hard for Sakura to refuse, Nagi displayed an innocent smile.
As if applying sunscreen to each other was the most ordinary thing, completely unaware that it would bring their skin in close contact.
She acted like a natural girl who lacked any awareness of the nuances between the sexes, totally defenseless.
“Click—” If a person’s reaction could be accompanied by sound effects.
Then, from Sakura at that moment, one could probably hear the sound of gears getting stuck.
He froze in place.
And Nagi had no intention of giving him a breather or a moment to collect himself.
She directly unscrewed the cap, pouring the cool sunscreen into her palm.
“T-that, Nagi!? You touched…”
“Hmm? What did you say, Sakura-kun?”
Using the excuse of applying sunscreen.
Nagi pressed her entire body against Sakura’s back, her hands moving from his waist to gently caress his lower abdomen.
Though teasing pure-hearted Sakura made Nagi feel a tinge of shyness.
As long as she discarded her conscience and shame, it was all good!
She could raise her favorability in Sakura’s eyes, expend some of the starlight, and it seemed Sakura was enjoying it too.
It was simply killing three birds with one stone!
After all, Sakura could not proactively make a move toward her because of the “curse.”
So it would be fine to let loose a little here…
Thinking of this, Nagi pressed her body even closer; she could feel Sakura’s waist straightening through her chest.
But to prevent a certain part from protruding, his body leaned slightly forward.
From behind, Nagi could see Sakura’s ears turning bright red at that moment.
Such an amusing reaction made Nagi inexplicably want to push further.
She wanted to see what even more interesting reaction Sakura would have—
So she rested her chin on Sakura’s bare shoulder, intentionally blowing warm breath near his earlobe.
Sakura’s whole body jolted, trembling abruptly, but he was unable to break free from her tight embrace.
To press the advantage, Nagi then stretched her long legs forward, wrapping her limbs around Sakura like a koala—
“No~ Sakura-kun, if you keep your legs closed, I won’t be able to apply it evenly in some places~”
As she spoke, Nagi wedged her legs between Sakura’s and slowly spread them apart…
“T-that! Nagi-san—!” In a panic, Sakura accidentally used honorifics.
The skin where their thighs touched made Sakura acutely aware of the incredibly smooth and delicate sensation coming from Nagi’s skin.
Moreover, as Nagi forcefully spread his legs apart, that very lively part was already exposed—
“Sakura~” Nagi’s moist voice whispered in Sakura’s ear.
Making his mind go blank, unable to think properly.
At this moment, Sakura was using all his strength just to suppress the impulses surging from within.
Was it because he was hugging Nagi? Or perhaps due to the sunscreen?
Sakura felt his entire body heating up.
Like something was about to overflow, on the verge of bursting forth—
“Okay~ All done~”
Suddenly, Nagi exclaimed with a sense of accomplishment and released the body she had tightly held onto.
Making Sakura feel a wave of intense emptiness.
However, Nagi had no intention of ending it there.
If she always took the initiative, the effect would significantly diminish.
So here—
“Now, it’s your turn to apply sunscreen on me, Sakura-kun~” Nagi said with a naive and cheerful smile.
She knew that Sakura could definitely not refuse at this point.
Now, he probably felt immensely empty and lonely, making it impossible for him to turn down the chance to touch her body.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was nobody around.
When Sakura turned his head her way, Nagi unzipped her jacket, revealing a fashionable and daring double-layer bikini underneath.
Although Nagi had made many advances on Sakura before.
Aside from holding hands, she seldom allowed him to touch her skin actively.
Of course, in the past, considering that Sakura was still a child, such actions wouldn’t have had a good effect.
Since he was already a middle school student now and had a thorough understanding and experience regarding interactions between the sexes.
At this moment, pretending to be an innocent yet slow-witted childhood friend, providing him with ample opportunity to touch her—
Would gradually lead him to become enamored with the unguarded beauty of his childhood friend…
Mustn’t waste the care and training she had put into her body all along.
As long as Sakura could experience her carefully cultivated “super-first-class beauty,” it would boost his resistance to the temptations of other girls.
[Personal List: Wear a bikini and have Sakura-kun apply sunscreen on me (0/1)]
This was also an item on the checklist.
One might say it truly deserved to be taken from the “Death Diary”?
The level of audacity was not comparable to the checklist for the school trip.
Nagi could clearly perceive that in his current state, Sakura’s eyes widened involuntarily the moment he saw her bikini-clad body.
Thump thump.
Nagi could even hear the sound of Sakura’s heartbeat.
“Well then~” With an utterly defenseless smile, Nagi turned around and attempted to undo the straps of her bikini top.
“Please take care of the sunscreen for me, okay?”
